Morristown

Morristown is a town in New Jersey and the county seat of Morris County. It was settled around 1715 by English Presbyterians from Long Island and Connecticut, and it became the county seat of the new Morris County in 1739; it was named for the colonial governor Lewis Morris. In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, George Washington and the Continental Army encamped at Morristown, and it again served as the winter camp from 1779 to 1780. On 6 April 1865, Morristown became an independent town from Morris Township. In 2016, Morristown had a population of 19,016 people.